INS Malvan joins the Indian Navy fleet: The Indian Navy has strengthen its ability to track and disable enemy submarines underwater. The Indian Navy on Wednesday formally inducted INS Malvan at the Karwar Naval Base, Western Naval Command, Karnataka.
The commissioning ceremony was presided over by Chief of Indian Air Force Air Chief Marshal Amar Preet Singh. Vice Admiral Sanjay Vatsayan, Flag officer Commanding-in-Chief, Western Naval Command , other Naval officers, representatives from Cochin Shipyard Ltd. and veterans were present in the ceremony. INS Malvan will now be part of the Indian Navy’s fleet and will be tasked with detecting and countering enemy submarines in the shallow depths of the ocean. INS Malvan, is the second warship of the Mahe-class Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft (ASW-SWC). INS Malvan is designed and built by Cochin Shipyard Limited, under the centre’s Atmanirbhar Bharat initiative. It is equipped with advanced combat and surveillance systems. Its Combat Management System, jointly developed by BEL and WESEE, integrates sensors and weapons for rapid threat response.
Malvan is equipped with advanced anti-submarine weapons, including a forward-mounted RBU-6000 rocket launcher, triple 324 mm lightweight torpedo tubes on both port and starboard sides armed with Advanced Light-Weight Torpedoes, and anti-submarine mine-laying rails.
For self-defence, the vessel is fitted with torpedo decoy launching systems supplied by Mahindra Defence Systems as part of the Integrated Anti-Submarine Warfare Defence Suite. Its surface warfare capability includes a 30 mm naval gun and two 12.7 mm stabilised remote-controlled guns.
The Mahe-class vessels have a displacement ranging from 896 to 1,100 tonnes and are powered by three 6 MW marine diesel engines coupled with water jets, making them the largest Indian Navy warships to use pump-jet propulsion. They have a top speed of 25 knots, an operational range of 1,800 nautical miles at 14 knots and an endurance of 14 days.
The entry of INS Malvan into the Navy is considered important at a time when submarine activities are continuously increasing in the Indian Ocean region. Specializing in anti-submarine warfare, this warship will further strengthen the maritime security of the Indian Navy.
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